Boot or shoe heel.



I. P. REILY, B001 0R sH'oE HEEL.

,APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23.1918

T 0 all vwhom t may concern:

:invention bein UNITED strains PATENT orrron JOHN P. BEILY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSGU'RI. y

BOOT OR SHOE HEEL.

Be it known that I, JOHN P, Raimi., a citizengvof the United States, residing at St.

Louis, Missouri,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement 1n Boot or bhoe Heels, of which the following is a full, clear,

and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tol make and use the same, reference :being had to the accompanying drawings,

forming part of this specification.

My invention relates generally to foot- Awear landinore particularly to aY heel for boots and shoes, theI principal object of my to provide a heel which iS. especially applicable for ladies shoes and to arrange on the lowerend of said heel a lift or section of rubber or analogous yielding material, and which lift is readily removable in order that it may be taken ofi" when it becomes worn or unfit for service and replaced by anew lift.

Itis the present practice to a large eX- tentfto apply wooden heels to ladies shoes,

,the external surfaces of said heels being finished lwith enamel or the like, and it is one of the objects of my invention to provide means preferably in the form of a bolt which. extends vertically through the :central portion of the heel, thereby materially strengthening lthe heel body and reducing to a minimum the tendency of theheel tobrealr or split transversely at aypoint between its top and bottom.

z Whichlatter, in addition to resistingv wear,

40. face of the lift comes'in contact with a ltend to preventslipping when the under sursmooth or sli pery surface.

With the oregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of vconstruction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed, andillustrated in the accompanyinof drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section taken through l the center of -a heel of' my improved construction.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the remov- 'able lift' forming a part of my invention.

i a5 side of the 1in.

Fig. 3 is a view looking against the under- Fig. 4 is a view looking against the underi SpecicationV of Letters Patent. Iaented Aug, 13, 1918. i Application led March 23, 1918. Serial N o. 224,200. I

the body of the heel, the same being preferably formed of wood and provided at its upper end with a seat'll which is adapted to receive the rear portion of thebody of the shoe. This heel is finished in any desired fashion, and is secured to the body of the shoe in a'manner well known to the trade.

Secured to the underside of the body'of the heel 10, preferably by-means of screws 12, is a plate 13, preferably of metal, the

'shapeof which corresponds to the shape of .the lower edge oi said heel body. Depending from the edge of this plate 13 is a flange fill and projecting inward from the lower edge of this flange 14 is a short horizontally disposed flan`ge 15. i

Passing through the central portion of the heel body 10 is a 'bolt or rod 16 ,which serves to reinforce the central portion of the heel body and prevent it from breaking or splitting horizontally at a point'between its top and bottom. The upper end of this bolt is pivot-ally connected to an ear or short extension on the underside of a. disk 16a which latter is positioned on top of the heel portion or' the soleA oi' the shoe and thus said heel is firmly secured tothe body of the shoe. By pivotally connecting the disk 16 to the upper end of the bolt, said disk readily adjusts itseli:l to 'the angular-ity of the shoe The` threaded lower end of bolt 16 projects through the plate 13 and receives a nut 16b which, when tightened, firmly holds the bolt in position in the heel.

The lift contemplated by my invention comprises a body 17 of resilient flexible material such as rubber or composition wbich includes rubber, and formed integral /vit'h the topof this bodyis a plug 18 ha' ing a bevelededge4 19 and the latter beingr 'spaced apart from the top face of the body of the lift. This plug.18 is of such size as to fit snugly within the space between plate 13 and flange 15 and when properly applied for molded, and consequently, portions of the .body of said lift will occupy the apertures a,

BEST AVAILABLE coe use, the beveled edge 19 of said plug overlies iangel, and thus said lift is retained upon the heel body. I

Formed in the top of plug '18 is a rectangular recess 17 which receives the nut 16" on the lower end of -bolt 16, and thus said nut is prevented from turning when the lift is properly positioned on the heel.

It will be understood that in applying the lift to the heelubody, sul'licient pressure must be used to compress the plug 18 and particularly the beveled edge 19 thereof and force the latter into position above liange 15, and likewise when the lift becomes Worn or unlit for service and it is desired to replace it with a new lift, sullicientpulling force must be applied to the lower portion' of the old lift to diseiigage the beveled edge 19 ot' plug 18 'from the flange 15.

Embedded inthe lower portion oie the body 17 of the lift is a series of Wear resisting members 20, preferablymetal and in of the Wear resisting members, the same being constructed in short tubular sections and the wall of each section being provided with a series of apertures a. These members are embeddedin the lift when the same is thereby firmly anchoring the wear resisting members, in said lift.

In some instances it may be found desirable to dispense with the wear resisting members 20 and to roughen or. corrugate the underside of the lift as illustrated in Fig. 5.

A. shoe heel of my improved construction is comparatively s'iniple, can be easilyrand cheaply manufactured, and by making the lifts readily removable, the cost `of repairs in replacing lifts is materially reduced.

.It will bc readily understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction of 'the various parts of my improved shoe heel may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described, without departing '.trom the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims.

' I Claim:

1. The herein described `heel comprising a heel body, a plate secured to the underside ot said heel body, a contii'iuous L-shaped tlange depending from the marginal edge ot said plate, a liftapplied to the underside ot' 'applied to the underside ot' said body, a

l'neinl'ier passing through said plate and ex-\ tending upwardly through the central portion of the heel body, and a disk pivotally connected to the upper end of said member and adapted to ovorlie the heel portion ot the shoe sole to which the heel is applied.'

il. 'heel comprising a -lieel body,'a lift removably applied lo the underside of said heel body, a bolt passing vertically through the central portion of the heel body, and a disk pivotally secured to the upper end of said bolt and adapted'to overlie' the heel portion of the shoe sole to which the heel is applied.v

4. A heel con'iprising a heel body, a plaie applied to the underside of said heel body, a` litt removably applied to said plate,v the top ot said lil't being provided with airci'css, a bolt passing. vertically through-thc ventral 'portion ot the heel body, a nut on (he threaded lower end 'of said bolt, which nut is adapted to occupy the recess in 'the iop ol the lil't, and a disk pivotally connoi-ted lo the upper end ot' said bolt, which dish is adapted to overlie the heel portion oi the shoe solo to which the heel is applied.

ln testimony whereof l hereunto allixI my 

